The Latest: Supreme Court denies request to stay execution

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Latest on an execution in Tennessee (all times local):
6:50 p.m.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt plans by the state of Tennessee to put an inmate to death in the electric chair.
Attorneys for 61-year-old inmate David Earl Miller had previously filed two applications seeking to halt the scheduled 7 p.m. execution at a Nashville prison. The court, in an emailed statement, said the request for a stay was denied, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissenting.
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